Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 6744
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6744.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°55'44"N
Longitude: 117°19'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.928888888889,-117.32388888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Beraunite	Brackebuschite
Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Carminite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite
Descloizite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Fornacite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Lepidocrocite	Leucophosphite	Linarite
Lipscombite	Malachite	Mixite	Natrochalcite	None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite	Perhamite	Pharmacosiderite	Phosphofibrite
Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Turquoise	Wardite
Wavellite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti V W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Beraunite Brackebuschite
Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Carminite Clay Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite
Descloizite Diaspore Fluorite Fornacite Gypsum Kaolinite Lazulite Lepidocrocite Leucophosphite Linarite
Lipscombite Malachite Mixite Natrochalcite None Not in a structural group Owyheeite Perhamite Pharmacosiderite Phosphofibrite
Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spangolite Sphalerite Turquoise Wardite
Wavellite

96 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsentsumebite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Beraunite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Calderónite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Carminite ()*	Čechite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Connellite ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*
Creedite ()*	Crimsonite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Duftite ()*
Ferribushmakinite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluorowardite ()*	Fluorwavellite ()*
Fornacite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hentschelite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Iangreyite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kidwellite ()*	Krásnoite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Linarite ()*
Lipscombite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metavariscite ()*	Meurigite-K ()*	Meurigite-Na ()*
Mimetite ()*	Mixite ()*	Molybdofornacite ()*	Morinite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Munakataite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Perhamite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Phosphofibrite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Robinsonite ()*	Rosasite ()*
Rutile ()*	Schachnerite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spangolite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Strengite ()*	Tsumcorite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Variscite ()*	Wardite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zinclipscombite ()*
Zincolivenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	254
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arsentsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	37
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	172
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	136
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Calderónite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Fe³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	29
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	178
Čechite ()*	Descloizite	PbFe²⁺(VO₄)(OH)	5
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	77
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	48
Crimsonite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	179
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	220
Ferribushmakinite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Fe³⁺(PO₄)(VO₄)(OH)	1
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Fluorowardite ()*	Wardite	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₂F₂·2H₂O	1
Fluorwavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₂F·5H₂O	26
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	85
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hentschelite ()*	Lazulite	CuFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	20
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	82
Iangreyite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂Al₇(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH,F)₁₅·8H₂O	4
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)	53
Krásnoite ()*	Perhamite	Ca₃Al_7.7Si₃P₄O_22.9(OH)_13.3F₂·8H₂O	5
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	110
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	47
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Metavariscite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	27
Meurigite-K ()*	Phosphofibrite	KFe³⁺₈(PO₄)₆(OH)₇·6.5H₂O	21
Meurigite-Na ()*	Phosphofibrite	[Na(H₂O)_2.5][Fe³⁺₈(PO₄)₆(OH)₇(H₂O)₄]	7
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	168
Molybdofornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(MoO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	17
Morinite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)F₄·2H₂O	22
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	362
Munakataite ()*	Linarite	Pb₂Cu₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(SO₄)(OH)₄	22
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	89
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	158
Perhamite ()*	Perhamite	Ca₃Al_7.7Si₃P₄O_23.5(OH)_14.1·8H₂O	19
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	428
Phosphofibrite ()*	Phosphofibrite	(H₂O,K)_3.5Fe³⁺₈(PO₄)₆(OH)₇·5H₂O	5
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	71
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	477
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Robinsonite ()*	None	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃	39
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schachnerite ()*	None	Ag_1.1Hg_0.9	14
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	156
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	263
Tsumcorite ()*	Natrochalcite	PbZn₂(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	29
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301
Wardite ()*	Wardite	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	58
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	374
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Zinclipscombite ()*	None	ZnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	60

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130084	Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R130084

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